After recently seeing a sharp looking new pump I got into reading about the changes in the apparatus. I recall how different it seemed at the time when they went with the total quint concept. I remember one of the big concerns many depts. That were struggling with fiscal concerns were very wary of how some city governments could use the idea of a truck that was essentially both pieces combined could be used against them to potentially decimate manpower.
After reading about how the learning curve (change) was overcome and really ironed out well on the second generation quints, I got to thinking about how it's been a full generation of ff s that only know operating with the quints. So I'm curious about how well going back to pumpers and sticks have worked for them , was this a huge change operationally? .
I know fireman will always make it work with whatever you give them to work with , but it really was a truly genuine thing that they pulled off back in the day. I know they still have quints but if anyone could speak to the latest change I'm curious . Thanks
After reading about how the learning curve (change) was overcome and really ironed out well on the second generation quints, I got to thinking about how it's been a full generation of ff s that only know operating with the quints. So I'm curious about how well going back to pumpers and sticks have worked for them , was this a huge change operationally? .
I know fireman will always make it work with whatever you give them to work with , but it really was a truly genuine thing that they pulled off back in the day. I know they still have quints but if anyone could speak to the latest change I'm curious . Thanks
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